Nest, a company that was acquired at the time by Alphabet, the current parent company of Google, continues to work for transform our homes into true smart homes of the future, in the present, and after its recent expansion in different European countries such as Austria, Italy, Belgium, Germany or Spain, now works with that objective of increasing its presence, and it does so in two directions.
Its flagship product, the nest thermostatAlthough it represents a long-term savings, it is still too expensive for many, so the company works on a cheaper model. And on the other hand, enhance your current security products for smart home, while preparing new products. If you want to know more, I'll tell you everything below.
What's new in security at Nest
According to hapublished the Bloomberg website alluding to an unidentified source, Nest prepares interesting news in its catalog of products for the smart home that we will begin to see from next fall. Specifically, the company owned by Alphabet He's already working on a cheaper thermostat, an upgraded version of his security camera, a home alarm system, and a digital doorbell.
We will start with the product range of home security of Nest and in particular, by the Nest Cam Indoor. The current model of this product, launched last year, is capable of detecting the presence of people in a room, however, the company is working on a new model that will be able to identify the people in a room, that is, to detect specific people, and not just whether or not there are people or their number. This new version of the Nest Cam Indoor it could go on sale sometime next fall.
Continuing in the security section, we enter fully into the news because Nest is preparing a smart home alarm system. Although we do not know too many details, we do know that it will have more advanced and intelligent functions than current alarm systems, and that it would consist of different elements and sensors for windows and doors. In addition, it could be managed through an app from the smartphone allowing the user to give access to people from anywhere. The new alarm system could also be available this fall.
The second novelty will be a digital doorbell It could also be managed from an app on the smartphone, which would allow users to use it from anywhere in the house, also allowing the transmission of audio and video. This product could arrive as early as 2018, along with the next great novelty, a cheaper thermostat.
A cheaper thermostat
The Nest thermostat represents an economic saving in the long run, however, to begin with, its high price (249 euros) is a brake for most. Therefore, the company would be working on a new cheaper thermostat that it would not see the light until next year.
We should not think of a low-cost thermostat. The Bloomberg source has assured that its price would drop below two hundred euros, but we must not wait any longer.
In addition, this price cut would have a priceIf you allow me the redundancy, and it is that the quality of the materials would be sacrificed, for example, the new model would not have those metallic edges that look so good.
There is no doubt that a price drop in the Nest thermostat (or the launch of a cheaper model) will be positive to increase sales and penetrate a greater number of homes, now, will it be worth a discount as low as so that many users go shopping?
On the other hand, let's not forget that we are facing rumors, and that there is still a long way to go for these news to begin to arrive, so we could still see important changes.